National Regional Profile: Lower South Coast (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 14515   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
678
690
652
485
386
Total dwelling unitsno.
798
909
841
725
452
Value of total residential building$m
117.6
146.6
155.7
148.3
113.0
Value of total non-residential building$m
39.4
59.8
36.1
38.1
35.9
Value of total building$m
157.0
206.4
191.8
186.5
148.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
1 245
1 348
1 444
1 361
1 313
Other vehiclesno.
829
1 127
1 236
1 229
974
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
2 074
2 475
2 680
2 590
2 287
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
31 402
32 974
34 498
35 297
36 027
Campervansno.
211
219
232
250
240
Light commercial vehiclesno.
8 099
8 525
9 092
9 364
9 629
Light rigid trucksno.
297
306
340
354
339
Heavy rigid trucksno.
867
909
977
986
998
Articulated trucksno.
147
147
168
175
163
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
30
30
28
28
33
Busesno.
280
283
307
312
334
Motorcyclesno.
1 538
1 678
1 839
1 914
2 057
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
42 871
45 071
47 481
48 680
49 820
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
478
495
511
517
522
Campervansno.
3
3
3
4
3
Light commercial vehiclesno.
123
128
135
137
140
Light rigid trucksno.
5
5
5
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
13
14
14
14
14
Articulated trucksno.
2
2
2
3
2
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
0
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
4
4
5
5
5
Motorcyclesno.
23
25
27
28
30
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
653
676
703
713
722
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
8 991
7 854
6 815
5 667
4 701
Petrol - Unleadedno.
27 812
30 681
33 546
35 514
37 263
Dieselno.
5 092
5 568
6 139
6 545
6 872
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
976
968
981
954
984
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
132 759.1
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
298.4
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
33.9
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
99.5
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
102.9
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
21.5
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
24 842
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
37 020
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
52 037
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
729
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0